Australian Pilot Fred Valentich Abduction Case

Flight officer Steve Robey recalls the last conversation he had with Fred Valentich. Valentich thought he was being buzzed by a mysterious craft.

On the night of October 21, 1978 Frederick Valentich radioed into air traffic control in Melborne with some strange news. An unidentified metallic craft was toying with his Cessna as he flew over the Bass Strait en route to King’s Island. No one ever saw him or his aircraft again.

It all happened during the largest wave of UFO sightings Australia had ever seen. Over fifty reports were uncovered from the area of Valentich’s disappearance on that day alone. Some reported classic cigar-shaped craft while others saw a “starfish-shaped” object with lights that looked like “silver rain.” Electronic interference was noted in a number of these reports.

Some witnesses even said they saw a “green light” shadowing Valentich’s aircraft on the night in question.